Now would be a good time for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to take real accountability over the problems of the health insurance exchange website.

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Ruth Marcus
Washington Post

In the narrative of every political scandal comes the accountability moment. New facts slow to a trickle, and the next, insistent demand becomes: Who is being held accountable?

This is often a dumb question, asked for lack of a more fruitful topic and fueled by partisans more interested in point-scoring than problem-fixing.

The better question is: What is the goal of accountability? A showy, timed-for-the-evening-news firing to demonstrate action and quiet the baying hounds? Or a change in personnel that will improve the mess at hand or send a cautionary message to deter future messes? ...